ACT · Canberra
Canberra Airport → Canberra CBD taxi fare
Catch a metered cab from Canberra Airport to Canberra CBD and you’re looking at between A$30.72 and A$35.57 on the day rate, with A$32.34 a fair midpoint. The drive is 8.8 km — about 16 minutes when traffic cooperates.
Estimated fare range
A$30.72 – A$38.46
8.8 km · 16 min typical
Tuesday 8am
A$30.72 – A$35.57
day tariff
Friday 6pm
A$30.72 – A$35.57
day tariff
Saturday 10pm
A$33.21 – A$38.46
night tariff
Editor’s analysis
Canberra Airport to Civic is a rare Australian capital-city airport run that stays under 10 km, with one shared rank serving both terminals from the departures-level loop. The route runs Pialligo Avenue and Parkes Way to Northbourne Avenue — 8.7 km, 15-18 minutes. No tolls anywhere in the ACT. Most fares fit comfortably in the first distance band.
Sitting-week parliamentary traffic (when Federal Parliament is in session) adds 4-6 minutes through Russell during morning peak, but never enough to push the meter through to the second distance band. Canberra Airport applies no regulated pickup surcharge — one of the only Australian airports without one. ACT taxis run a separate weekend-night band starting Saturday 7pm; an after-7pm Saturday arrival sees the night-rate uplift add A$3-5 to the typical fare shown above.
taxi-fare.com.au editorial · last reviewed
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About this route
Australian Capital Territory adds a small airport-pickup surcharge to fares starting at Canberra Airport; that surcharge is already baked into the A$32.34 typical meter shown above. Saturday-night trips into Canberra CBD on the late-night tariff settle near A$34.96 — useful to know if your flight or event lands after the band kicks over.
Canberra Airport sits 8 km east of Civic, with a single shared rank on the departures-level loop. Standard ACT rank-and-hail rules apply between Canberra Airport and Canberra CBD: the driver must run the meter unless a regulated fixed fare is explicitly in effect (so the A$32.34 midpoint above is a maximum, not a quote). Access Canberra sets the metered ceiling reflected here — about A$32.34 on the day rate for the trip into Canberra CBD.
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